TITLE: Prove $\frac{\sin A \cos A}{\cos^2 A - \sin^2 A} = \frac{\tan A}{1-\tan^2 A}$
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: How would I simplify this difficult trigonometric identity:
$$\frac{\sin A \cos A}{\cos^2 A - \sin^2 A} = \frac{\tan A}{1-\tan^2 A}.$$ 
I am not exactly sure what to do.
I simplified the right side to
$$\frac{\frac{\sin A}{\cos A}}{1-\frac{\cos^2 A}{\sin^2 A}}$$
But how would I proceed.

REPLY [3 votes]: $$RHS = \frac{\tan A}{1-\tan^2 A} = \frac{\frac{\sin A}{\cos A}}{1-\frac{\sin^2 A}{\cos^2 A}}$$
$$=\frac{\frac{\sin A}{\cos A}}{\frac{\cos^2 A - \sin^2 A}{\cos^2 A}}\cdot \frac{\cos^2 A}{\cos^2 A}$$
$$=\frac{\sin A \cos A}{\cos^2 A - \sin^2 A} = LHS$$